{"id":576,"date":"2016-08-05T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T12:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/?p=576"},"modified":"2016-08-05T21:31:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T21:31:39","slug":"liverpool-football-club-transfer-rumour-round-up-august-5th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/liverpool-football-club-transfer-rumour-round-up-august-5th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Football Club Transfer Rumour Round-Up: August 5th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
We\u2019re now just eight days away from Liverpool\u2019s first game of the 2016-2017 Premier League season. The time when the preparatory period comes to a close and the serious stuff begins. So what kind of month has it been?<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen Klopp has bought seven players to date. Some of them, such as Man\u00e9 and Wijnaldum, are likely to be for the first XI and definitely for the first team squad. Others, like Grujic and Ragnar Klavan, are either players for the future or back-up players that may or may not be called upon as the season goes on.<\/p>\n
This time last week I was telling you how Klopp had said that he was probably done as far as his transfer activity was concerned, but I also said that that could change. Low and behold just a few days later and the manager confirmed that he could yet dip back in before the window closes.<\/p>\n
That statement caused relief for a number of Liverpool fans who are desperate for the club to sign another left-back and a defensive midfielder, but I\u2019m not convinced that their relief is going to be all that long-lasting. For starters, Klopp has shown no interest in getting in a left-back other than as cover for Moreno, with the manager also seemingly not at all bothered about having a defensive midfielder at all.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been really interested to see how some Liverpool supporters are viewing this window as a disappointment. More than a few have suggested that our singings haven\u2019t been good enough and that this is another poor transfer window by the club.<\/p>\n
Sufficed to say I completely disagree. Ultimately the most important thing that a manager can do is to recognise the weaknesses in his squad and do the best that he can to mitigate them. Klopp has done exactly that, bringing in a new goalkeeper as a major priority and adding pace to a side that was criminally lacking in it last time around.<\/p>\n